Faith Lost and Found - Hanson, Jim
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Jim Hanson's poems speak to the epic issues of how faith is lost in a material and mortal world, and how it can be found through responses that are spiritual and worldly as well as religious and heavenly. They follow the line of paradise lost and gained by John Milton and divine transcendence by Dante, but with the breadth of perennial philosophy. They recognize that faith is doubtful, perhaps futile, like Sisyphus pushing his rock with great effort and no outcome, oscillating between resolution and dissolution, sin and redemption, samsara and nirvana. Is the end another, exalted beginning as…mehr

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Jim Hanson's poems speak to the epic issues of how faith is lost in a material and mortal world, and how it can be found through responses that are spiritual and worldly as well as religious and heavenly. They follow the line of paradise lost and gained by John Milton and divine transcendence by Dante, but with the breadth of perennial philosophy. They recognize that faith is doubtful, perhaps futile, like Sisyphus pushing his rock with great effort and no outcome, oscillating between resolution and dissolution, sin and redemption, samsara and nirvana. Is the end another, exalted beginning as promised by T.S. Eliot or the futility lamented by Sylvia Plath and John Berryman? Perhaps the >The poems start with doubt about self and human nature expressed in demons, violence, and residue. They proceed to knowledge sought starting 2,500 years ago in the Axial Age, in a dialogue of similar issues then and now, and in the world around us regarding the Anthropic Principle. They go on to posit multicultural responses to doubt and suffering - theistic, Western, and Eastern - then to more individual responses of paths to take and of perennial faith to be found. So we all may have some faith in our selves and in the social/cultural realm, bio-physical realm, and ideal gods and heavens >Jim Hanson is a sociologist and retired Senior Researcher at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He has taught sociology and community development, also has worked in community and economic development. He is a lay-ordained Zen Buddhist and lives in the St. Louis area with his wife, Carol. His poetry collections include Endless Journey: Poems in Search of Meaning published in 2022 by Spartan Press, Perspectives: Educational Poems on the Humanities and Sciences published in 2023 by Resource Publications, and Ruminations: Poems on Living and Dying published in 2023 by Cyberwit Press. Single poems have appeared in some thirty websites and printings. He is a member of the and Illinois >BIO Jim Hanson is a sociologist and retired Senior Researcher at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He has taught sociology and community development, also has worked in community and economic development. He is a lay-ordained Zen Buddhist and lives in the St. Louis area with his wife, Carol. His poetry collections include Endless Journey: Poems in Search of Meaning published in 2022 by Spartan Press, Perspectives: Educational Poems on the Humanities and Sciences published in 2023 by Resource Publications, and Ruminations: Poems on Living and Dying published in 2023 by Cyberwit Press. Single poems have appeared in some thirty websites and printings. He is a member of the and Illinois State Poetry Society Southern Chapter and St. Louis Poetry Center.
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